U.S. Holocaust Museum - 20th Anniversary Tribute

Nearly 1000 survivors of Hitler’s Holocaust, and veterans of World War II joined former President Bill Clinton and Nobel Peace laureate Elie Wiesel on April 29 to mark the 20th Anniversary of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. - its sacred mission to preserve the memory of the millions who perished at the hands of the Nazis and by doing so helping assure that it will never happen again . Since opening in 1993, the Museum has been one of Washington’s most visited sites. More than a third of its 35 million visitors have been schoolchildren.

Ed Carter-Edwards puts an arm around Romanian born holocaust survivor artist Gigi McKendric (82).
Gigi McKendric is an accomplished artist in metals, plaster, mechanized motion of sculptures and lights.The consistent theme that informs McKendric's body of work is the belief that no matter how terrible the challenge – the spirit survives.
Mr. Carter-Edwards, a veteran of World War II, was the driving force behind the recent CBC special called the "Lucky Ones: Allied Airmen and Buchenwald". He was one of 168 allied flyers, including 26 Canadians, who were shot down over Nazi occupied Europe and sent to the brutal Buchenwald death camp for three months instead of a prisoner of war camp,